iOS 5.1 Beta 2 is Out

Apple released second beta version of iOS 5.1 which includes several new features and fixes, but it's not clear if the problem with the low battery life of the devices is fixed. The iOS 5.1 beta is available only for registered developers who aren't involved with the battery drain issue so BGR still hope that the bug might be fixed.

iOS 5.1 beta 2 addresses a variety of issues, according to Boy Genius Report. Included in the mix are a fix for app icons that had trouble using Game Center and a remedy to address freezes when using the shake-to-shuffle feature to bounce around different songs.

One new feature now lets you delete individual photos from Photo Stream from any of your iOS devices. Otherwise, all of the other notes primarily affect developers who'll be using the new 5.1 Software Development Kit to build iOS apps.

Apple has acknowledged this persistent problem, even after the 5.0.1 release, and has said that it's continuing to investigate "a few remaining issues." But since the battery drain doesn't affect all iOS users equally, it may be proving difficult to fix across the board.